Georgia Engel
PMP Network Presents
Georgia Engel, known for her role as Georgette on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, joins the PMP Network. She reflects on joining the hit show, her character's relationship with Ted Baxter, and the collaborative writing process that tailored roles to the actors.
Georgia Engel
About Georgia Engel
Georgia Engel was an actress best known for her role as Georgette Franklin Baxter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show from 1972 to 1977. She earned five Primetime Emmy Award nominations across her career, including for her work on Everybody Loves Raymond. Her film debut in Taking Off earned a BAFTA nomination, and she appeared on Broadway in The Drowsy Chaperone. Engel won an Obie Award in 2016 for her Off-Broadway performance in John.
In this interview
- Recalls joining The Mary Tyler Moore Show when it was already a hit.
- Discusses her character's relationship with Ted Baxter, played by Ted Knight.
- Explains how writers tailored each part around the actors they had.
- Describes the role as fun rather than challenging to perform.
“The writers pretty much tailored each of the parts around the people they had.”— Georgia Engel, in this interview
Since this interview
Engel continued working in theater and television through 2018, with her final TV credit in Netflix's One Day at a Time. She passed away on April 12, 2019, at age 70 in Princeton, New Jersey.
